Boston Bruins 1, Florida Panthers 1 FINAL OT

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- Despite having its winless streak extended to six
games, the Florida Panthers saw some positives in a tie.

"We played hard and we played pretty ... smart," Florida coach Rick Dudley
said. "From my perspective, you can see it getting better, a lot better."

Valeri Bure scored on a nice individual effort in the first period for
Florida, which tied the Boston Bruins 1-1 on Wednesday night. The Panthers are
0-3-3 in their last six.

Florida almost had a victory, but Ted Donato scored a short-handed goal with
9:08 left in the third period for the Bruins, who have won only one of their
last nine games (1-3-4-1). Boston, which is 8-2-2-3 on the road, has tied its
last three games.

The teams also tied 1-1 on Oct. 11 in their only other meeting this season.

Florida dominated the overtime period, outshooting Boston 7-0. Both Olli
Jokinen and Byron Ritchie had chances from close range, but were checked before
getting shots off.

"It was pretty easy through the first two to 21/2 periods, but after we
scored they started opening up," said Boston goalie Andrew Raycroft, who
finished with 30 saves.

"They got a lot of shots in overtime, they got some good chances, but the
guys did a good job of coming back and breaking them up," Raycroft said.

Roberto Luongo made 29 saves for Florida.

"Obviously, they've got a pretty good goalie down at the other end,"
Raycroft said. "He was a big reason it was 1-1 the last time. Tonight, they
got the first goal and then they sat five guys in front of the net until we
scored. They dictated the 1-1 tie tonight, for sure."

Boston was limited to 15 shots in the first two periods before doubling
their output in their third.

"I told our guys, we've got to shoot the puck," Boston coach Mike Sullivan
said. "We were looking for the perfect play, and sometimes it's not there. I
told them we've got to get some ugly goals."

Donato's goal was far from ugly. Playing his third game since being recalled
from the minors, Donato scored his first goal of the season when he took Sean
O'Donnell's long pass at center ice and beat Luongo on a breakaway.

"It's not often you get a breakaway from the red line," Donato said.
"It's nice to contribute. He s a big kid. You're certainly lucky to score on
him when you get a breakaway."

Boston entered as the only team without a short-handed goal.

"Our penalty killing hasn't been as good as the players on it should make
it," Donato said. "As a fourth-line guy, you try to find a niche to have an
impact on the game. If it's penalty killing, I'll accept that."

Bure scored at 4:39 of the first period when he took a pass from Niklas
Hagman behind the Boston net, skated in front, deked past Rolston, brought the
puck back in front of the net and beat Raycroft to the far side while falling.

"That's the kind of goal that Val does, he makes a nice quick move on the
net and sometimes he makes moves so fast that it's just physics that he has to
fall down," Hagman said. "He's very good even when he falls down. He still
gets the shot.